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gait
/ ɡeɪt /
noun
- manner of walking or running; bearing
- (used esp of horses and dogs) the pattern of footsteps at various speeds, as the walk, trot, canter, etc, each pattern being distinguished by a particular rhythm and footfall
verb
- tr to teach (a horse) a particular gait
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gait1
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Example Sentences
The research on gait may also be used to make robots move in a more natural way.
“Animals with sloping backs have huge reserves of stamina, because it is a very economic gait,” said Jean.
They are the ultimate Vatican insiders, able to identify cardinals by their gait alone.
Bicycles don't break their legs, they don't need to be fed, and on a modern road, their gait is a lot smoother.
Those in white and walking with a contemplative gait evoked innocence.
Poindexter ordered his men to fall in, and they followed Porter, but at a more leisurely gait.
She liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses' hoofs on the hard road.
Bascomb spurred his tired horse cruelly, and they got past Hot Springs at a fairly good gait.
Bascomb fell silent again, and for a mile or more he kept up his steady, swinging gait.
The other species have a tendency in the same direction, the legs being bowed and the gait rolling.
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